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How to make two layer circular corner in textview in android

This drawable :
<shape
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle" >
<solid android:color="#70628b" />
<stroke android:width="12dp"
android:color="#4c3f6e"
/>
<corners android:radius="8dp"/>
</shape>
This is my textview
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tv_disabled_frame"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:background="#drawable/disabled_transparent_frame"
android:fontFamily="#font/inter_medium"
android:gravity="center"
android:padding="#dimen/dp_24"
android:text="02 : 45"
android:textColor="#color/white"
android:textSize="#dimen/dp_32"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:visibility="visible" />
I am trying to apply circular drawable in inside and outside but given code its showing only outer :
Current screen using this code :
Expected screen
I am unable to do circular please help me in this .

try this code
It can show nested corner
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#4c3f6e" />
<corners android:radius="8dp" />
<padding
android:bottom="12dp"
android:left="12dp"
android:right="12dp"
android:top="12dp" />
</shape>
</item>
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#70628b" />
<corners android:radius="8dp" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

note that your "expected screen" has some small shadow under inner color area, you won't achieve this with common drawable, even with layer-list
I would advice you to use CardView
<FrameLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/outer_background"
android:padding="12dp">
<androidx.cardview.widget.CardView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:elevation="4dp"
android:visibility="gone"
app:cardCornerRadius="8dp"
app:cardBackgroundColor="#70628b">
<TextView ...
adjust elevation param for more/less shadow
outer_background.xml
<shape
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle" >
<solid android:color="#4c3f6e" />
<corners android:radius="8dp"/>
</shape>
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Adding shadow to Rounded corner TextView?

I want to add shadow to my text view . I found solutions for adding gradients and one other solution which suggested creating a duplicate text view with a lighter shade at the back of the original textView to give a shadow effect. But i want to have a real shadow effect.
This is what i tried .I created an xml file rounded_corner.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<stroke
android:width="1dp"
android:color="#33000000"
android:dashWidth="3dp"
/>
<solid android:color="#000000" />
<padding
android:left="1dp"
android:right="1dp"
android:top="1dp" />
<corners android:radius="10dp"
/>
</shape>
I added elevation and translationz but its not showing shadow in the output
<TextView
android:background="#drawable/rounded_corners"
android:layout_width="260dp"
android:layout_height="70dp"
android:textSize="50sp"
android:text="Welcome User"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_marginBottom="20dp"
android:textColor="#000000"
android:elevation="50dp"
android:translationZ="10dp"
android:id="#+id/welcome"/>

I assume that you want to put the shadow on the TextView and not on the text itself. The you can make a layer-list inside your rounded corner drawable file like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#android:color/black" />
<corners android:radius="3dp" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:bottom="2dp" android:right="2dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#282828" />
<stroke android:width="1dp" android:color="#302f2f" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
If you put the drawable as background of your TextView
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/rounded_corner"
the output will link like this:

Just pu this on your TextView XML for shadow on the text:
android:shadowColor="#android:color/holo_purple"
android:shadowDx="10"
android:shadowDy="10"
android:shadowRadius="5"
you can edit with your preferences.
And create a Drawable file for shadow in all input, more or less like this one:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<!-- Bottom 2dp Shadow -->
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<solid android:color="#d8d8d8" />
</shape>
</item>
<!-- White Top color -->
<item android:bottom="4px" android:left="0px" android:right="4px" android:top="0px">
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<solid android:color="#FFFFFF" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

You can use the shadow XML attributes.
android:shadowColor="#000"
android:shadowDx="0"
android:shadowDy="0"
android:shadowRadius="50"
For more info check this link, https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView.html#attr_android:shadowColor

Custom layout using layer-list xml not exactly

I custom my layout by using layer-list xml in Android. But, I done for layer-list and see exactly what i want to custom. But, when I apply in my layout, it show not exactly what i want, I don't know why.Help me, please!
This is my layer-list.xml:
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<size
android:width="#dimen/dp35"
android:height="#dimen/dp35" />
<solid android:color="#color/colorAccent" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:right="12dp"
android:top="#dimen/dp20"
android:bottom="-5dp">
<rotate
android:fromDegrees="25">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#color/colorAccent" />
</shape>
</rotate>
</item>
<item android:left="12.5dp"
android:top="#dimen/dp20"
android:bottom="-5dp">
<rotate
android:fromDegrees="-25">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#color/colorAccent" />
</shape>
</rotate>
</item>
Preview 1
My layout using layer-list.xml
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<TextView
android:layout_width="100dp"
android:layout_height="100dp"
android:background="#drawable/bg_sale_off"
android:text="Textview"
android:layout_centerInParent="true" />
</RelativeLayout>
Preview 2 ( without triangle at bottom)

you can try
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/bg_sale_off"
android:text="Textview"
android:layout_centerInParent="true" />
</RelativeLayout>

Autocomplete textview with oval shape corners

I want to create the shape of autocomplete textview shown in the figure and text should come in center of it.
Currently I am trying to implement it as
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<corners android:radius="15dip" />
<solid android:color="#color/blue_text" />
<padding
android:bottom="5dip"
android:left="15dip"
android:right="15dip"
android:top="5dip" />
</shape>
</item>
<AutoCompleteTextView
android:id="#+id/autoComp"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="center"
android:background="#drawable/bg_autocompletetext"
android:textColor="#color/white"
</AutoCompleteTextView>
But it would just make the corners of the textview round. It does make it completely round. Please specify any solution for it.

try this code of shape
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle" >
<corners
android:radius="100dp"/>
<solid
android:color="#2137FF"/>
<size
android:width="250dp"
android:height="60dp"/>
</shape>
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Its better to use 9 patch image as a background of your TextView.
With using 9 patch image you can set proper resolution for different resolution device.And it will give you better result .

You write a seperate xml layout(shape.xml) having code:
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#DCDCDC" />
<stroke android:width="2.5dp"
android:color="#DCDCDC" />
<corners
android:radius="10dp"/>
</shape>
Then in your main layout add:
<AutoCompleteTextView
android:id="#+id/autoComp"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="center"
android:background="#drawable/shape"
android:textColor="#color/white"
</AutoCompleteTextView>
Hope this help.

Try this, working for rounded text view
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- res/drawable/rounded_textview.xml -->
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<solid android:color="#284A89" />
<corners
android:bottomLeftRadius="30dp"
android:bottomRightRadius="30dp"
android:topLeftRadius="30dp"
android:topRightRadius="30dp" />
</shape>

Add Following file in drawables "searchtextbox_border.xml"
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle" >
<corners
android:radius="100dp"/>
<stroke android:color="#color/light_grey"
android:width="1dp">
</stroke>
</shape>
Then Add it as background in your AutocompleteTextview as follows:
<AutoCompleteTextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="32dp"
android:padding="#dimen/padding_10dp"
android:background="#drawable/searchtextbox_border"
android:hint="Search" />

How to create Google + cards UI in a list view?

I want to create a listView of cards, but after reading this blog post goolge-plus-layout, I'm cards are a viable solution for a list of anything. The animation part seems too memory intensive to load say a listview with more than 40 elements simultaneously.
Is there a better way to achieve a cards UI in listView?

You can create a custom drawable, and apply that to each of your listview elements.
I use this one for cards in my UI. I don't think there is significant performance issues with this approach.
The drawable code (in drawable\big_card.xml) looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<solid android:color="#color/second_grey" />
</shape>
</item>
<item
android:bottom="10dp"
android:left="10dp"
android:right="10dp"
android:top="10dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<corners android:radius="3dp" />
<solid android:color="#color/card_shadow" />
</shape>
</item>
<item
android:bottom="12dp"
android:left="10dp"
android:right="10dp"
android:top="10dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle" >
<corners android:radius="3dp" />
<solid android:color="#color/card_white" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
I apply the background to my listview elements like this:
<ListView
android:id="#+id/apps_fragment_list"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:listSelector="#drawable/big_card" />
If you want to add this as a background to any View (not just a list), you just make the custom drawable that View's background element:
<TextView
android:id="#+id/any_view"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/big_card" />

EDIT: Google provides a nice class called CardView. I didn't check it but it looks promising.
Here's the previous way, which also works fine (that's what I wrote before the edit) :
There is a nice tutorial here and a nice sample of it here .
in short , these are the files you can create:
listView definition:
android:divider="#null"
android:dividerHeight="10dp"
android:listSelector="#android:color/transparent"
android:cacheColorHint="#android:color/transparent"
android:headerDividersEnabled="true"
android:footerDividersEnabled="true"
also this:
m_list.addHeaderView(new View(this));
m_list.addFooterView(new View(this));
res/drawable/selector_card_background.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item
android:state_pressed="true"
android:drawable="#drawable/layer_card_background_selected" />
<item android:drawable="#drawable/layer_card_background" />
</selector>
listView item :
res/layout/list_item_card.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FrameLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:paddingLeft="15dp"
android:paddingRight="15dp"
android:descendantFocusability="beforeDescendants">
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:paddingLeft="15dp"
android:paddingTop="15dp"
android:paddingBottom="15dp"
android:paddingRight="15dp"
android:background="#drawable/selector_card_background"
android:descendantFocusability="afterDescendants">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/text1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/text2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/text3"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
</LinearLayout>
</FrameLayout>
res/drawable/layer_card_background_selected.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#CABBBBBB"/>
<corners android:radius="2dp" />
</shape>
</item>
<item
android:left="0dp"
android:right="0dp"
android:top="0dp"
android:bottom="2dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#CCCCCC"/>
<corners android:radius="2dp" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
res/drawable/layer_card_background.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#CABBBBBB"/>
<corners android:radius="2dp" />
</shape>
</item>
<item
android:left="0dp"
android:right="0dp"
android:top="0dp"
android:bottom="2dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#android:color/white"/>
<corners android:radius="2dp" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

If all you want is a ListView that simulates the cards-look you can use a 9-patch as background for your listitems to make them look like cards. You can find a 9-patch and some more tips and explanation here: http://www.tiemenschut.com/simply-get-cards-ui-look/

Add divider for the Listview item and padding :
android:divider="#android:color/transparent"
android:dividerHeight="1dip"
Add RelativeLayout into your LinearLayout for ListItem with some desired padding :
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="100dp"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:padding="3dp" >
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#drawable/rowshadow" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/title"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
...
Add Background to the listview item , like :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item >
<shape
android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#android:color/darker_gray" />
<corners android:radius="0dp"/>
</shape>
</item>
<item android:right="1dp" android:left="1dp" android:bottom="2dp">
<shape
android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#android:color/white"/>
<corners android:radius="0dp"/>
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
Use https://github.com/elcrion/demo.cardlistview as an example. It is somehow close to google style

As "android developer" briefly mentions in his answer, the CardView class can be used to easily create card views.
Just wrap you UI widgets in a CardView element and you are ready to go. See the short introduction to the CardView widget at https://developer.android.com/training/material/lists-cards.html#CardView.
The CardView class requires a v7 support library, remember to add the dependencies to your .gradle file!
compile 'com.android.support:cardview-v7:21.0.+'